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In 1925, the Moscow Soviet (city council) was up for re-election; hoping to trumpet what they felt were the many accomplishments of the preceding years, they commissioned Dziga Vertov to make a film for them. Clearly, they expected some kind of promotional, propaganda piece; instead they got a provocative, highly innovative work that reflects on one of Vertov’s favorite themes, the "humanization of machines" vs. the "mechanization of humanity." Not surprisingly, the Moscow Soviet was not amused and, after suggesting an enormous range of cuts and additions, simply refused to show the film.
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"Kino-Pravda #21 is a special, longer-than-usual issue of Kino-Pravda made to mark the first anniversary of Lenin's death. It consists of 3 parts, announced laconically by I, II, III, and of smaller sections marked by no-less laconic references to years. The one-two-three structure relates the film’s narrative to the famous Hegelian (now also Marxist) dialectical triad." - Yuri Tsivian, Program Notes for Dziga Vertov: The Factory of Facts (Pordenone Silent Film Festival)
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